The Polycrisis Pantry

Immerse yourself in this chef-led culinary adventure, where the focus is on food stories; the why and the where of our food choices, as opposed to just the how-to.

Curated & presented by artist and food justice worker Zayaan Khan in collaboration with dairy farmer-chef Maria van Zyl and farmer-artist-researcher Maya Marshak, we invite you to join us for a dining experience that is sure to be curious, perspective-shifting and most importantly; delicious!

Over multiple courses you will engage with the several interrelated and confounding crises – climate, environment, electricity, water, ideologies and beyond – as they impact directly on our plates and in our bodies.

Through satire and artistic license on the plate, in performance and through an installation of creative works, this experience will critique the economic and governance policies that encourage polycrisis as a contemporary way of being, using a long table convivial dining experience as a setting.

Share in part of the collective grieving and healing through this meal, offered as an experience in learning about a world where we navigate from crises and not from cravings or dietary requirements or luxury. These conversations are hard to digest, difficult to talk about over a meal – it is unappetising yet part of the food that we eat; we wish to catalyse on this thinking and collectively nourish in diverse ways. Expect to give feedback and speak to the potential discomforts you may face, facilitated through art.

Various drinks form part of the meal and if you wish to drink alcohol, Ukhamba Beerworx is alongside our mezzanine eating area.